DEBRA MARTIN AND JAMES MARTIN, APPELLANTS,

v.

PUTNAM COUNTY BLOOD BANK, INC., ETC., APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (14 total)

• Ira Freilich v. Freilich, 897 So. 2d 537 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)
  …sing attorney’s fees, suit money, and costs contemplates the trial court’s consideration of “the financial resources of both parties,” including the parties’ relative financial need or ability to pay. § 61.16(1), Fla. Stat. (1997); Satter v. Satter, 709 So. 2d 617 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (on mot. for reh’g); Kartzmark v. Kartzmark, 709 So. 2d 583 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). In deciding whether an award of attorney’s fees is justified, a trial court may impute income to a voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily underemploy…
• Donoff v. Mitzi Robin Donoff, 940 So. 2d 1221 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
  …illion and the significant income and the support of her cohabiting partner — that she continues to have any real need for alimony. We also deny her request for attorneys fees on this appeal because of her obvious lack of need. See Satter v. Satter, 709 So. 2d 617 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998) (where former spouses have respective net worths of $13.3 million and $1.1 million, attorney fees should be denied). Reversed and Remanded with Instructions. GUNTHER, J., and KRATHEN, DAVID H., Associate Judge, concur. . For p…
• Nicolaus von Baillou v. von Baillou, 959 So. 2d 821 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …pay them. See Blaine v. Blaine, 869 So. 2d 716, 718 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Bagley v. Bagley, 720 So. 2d 582, 583 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). Financial need is “the hidden notion in the statutory term ‘financial resources of both parties.’ ” Satter v. Satter, 709 So. 2d 617, 619 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). “Need” is “the necessity for some financial assistance to engage an attorney and pay attorney fees.” Id. at 618-19. If one party has no financial need for fees, the other party cannot be compelled to pay them solely because…

Authorities Cited

• The Heirs OF the Est. OF Dorothy O. Waldon v. Rotella, 427 So. 2d 261 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983)
• Margerum v. Ross Builders, Inc., 427 So. 2d 261 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983)